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Rafael Hiroshi Eguchi Neves

2×2 · top 0.77% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023NEVE01

Rafael Hiroshi Eguchi Neves has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.10, set at III Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2026, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,194 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.70 in April 2023 to 7.08, a 55% improvement. Rafael has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.77% of 186,767 all-time
1.10
signature single · III Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2026
1,194
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×21.102.14
top 0.77%19 / 5,137
3×37.087.90
top 1.4%55 / 9,644
Pyraminx2.553.57
top 2.3%50 / 3,208
Skewb2.945.72
top 4.7%55 / 1,463
3×3 one-handed13.2615.72
top 4.8%57 / 1,992
4×434.3738.00
top 6.2%67 / 1,855
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves35.00
top 8.0%28 / 360
Square-111.6513.66
top 9.2%42 / 647
Megaminx58.671:07.26
top 9.3%69 / 1,062
Clock6.658.31
top 9.7%61 / 723
5×51:09.431:14.01
top 11.2%58 / 845
6×62:17.372:27.00
top 19.1%38 / 307
7×73:37.864:04.74
top 22.6%41 / 269
3×3 blindfolded1:49.37—
top 29.8%77 / 333
4×4 blindfolded18:41.00—
early days — 1 solve43 / 49

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

DNFools Boulevard 2023: 15.70Capixaba Challenge 2023: 10.64Kube Kids Vila Velha 2023: 9.57Summer Kube Vitória 2024: 9.53Colatina Agil Open 2024: 10.03Samuel Asafe 2024: 9.45Esporte por Vitória 2024: 8.37Vitória Challenge 2024: 9.41Summer Kube Vitória 2025: 7.82CEMS ao Cubo Vila Velha 2025: 8.15II Colatina Open 2025: 7.10II Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2025: 7.61II Capixaba Challenge 2025: 7.98II Cubo de Barro ES 2025: 7.71Araruama Cubing 2025: 7.51Sudestão ABRACM 2025: 8.85III Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2026: 7.51NC ao Cubo 2026: 7.15III Capixaba Challenge 2026: 7.087.0815.701 Apr 202322 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.